What is the British Royal Regalia? Learn more about the British Crown Jewels and how they are replaced medieval renditions ...

Medieval Historian Eleanor Janega takes a deep dive into the historical accuracy of Monty Python's Legendary 'The Holy Grail'. 00:00 Intro 00:52 England during 932 AD 02:29 Torture 03:50 Castles 04:40 ...

Centuries ago, the site was home to St. Leonard's Hospital, a sprawling monastic facility that provided care to sick ...

When archaeologists were called to investigate a sinkhole that opened up in the city of York, they were surprised to find ...

“Remnants of what is believed to be one of the largest medieval hospitals in the north of England have been found inside the ...

Sheffield Castle once stood at the confluence of two rivers in the north England city, surviving for centuries until it was ...

Ela Fitzpayne was a powerful aristocrat who offended the Archbishop of Canterbury and was ordered to do a "walk of shame." ...

In medieval England, women in labor wrapped birth girdles around their abdomens to protect themselves and their unborn children. These parchment or paper rolls replicated the “girdle relics” of the ...

In Oxford alone, homicide rates during the late medieval period were about 60 to 75 deaths per 100,000 people, a rate about 50 times higher than what is currently seen in English cities.

But even though medieval England was a violent period, “this absolutely does NOT mean that people did not care about violence,” Skoda said. “In a legal context, ...

Reopening a 688-year-old murder case reveals a tangled web of adultery and extortion in medieval England. Mindy Weisberger, CNN. Fri, June 13, 2025 at 6:31 PM UTC. 7 min read.

Researchers cite new evidence of how a medieval British noblewoman may have plotted to exact revenge and help kill her former lover, a priest, nearly 700 years ago.